The aftermath of shelling. Archival photoDONETSK, April 23 At 5.45 a.m., Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Zaitsevo (southern), firing ten shells with a caliber of 122 mm, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire ( «Fire was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 5.45 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Kodema — the settlement of Zaitsevo (southern): ten shells of 122 mm caliber were fired,» the representative office said in its Telegram channel The urban-type settlement of Zaitsevo is located north of the city of Gorlovka and has been divided into two parts for several years: the northern one is under the control of Ukrainian troops, the southern one is under the control of the DPR forces. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
